Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

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George Prior, London

A gold and enamel pair cased watch made for the Ottoman market Circa 1780, no. 13618

Auction Closed

May 14, 02:23 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

George Prior, London


A gold and enamel pair cased watch made for the Ottoman market

Circa 1780, no. 13618


• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved balance cock, brass regulation plate, fusee and chain, crested pillars, signed and numbered George Prior, London, 13618

• Dial: white enamel, Turkish numerals, paste-set half hour divisions, outer minute ring, lacking hands, signed George Prior, London

• Case: plain gold inner, aperture for winding to back, incuse maker's mark ASG and numbered 13618 • gold outer case, back with restored translucent blue guilloché enamel with applied paste-set floral spray, bezels decoratively engraved and heightened with stylized flowers of restored opaque white and translucent blue enamel


diameter 42mm

Christie's Hong Kong, 3 June 2021, lot 147